Covering for railroad ties



Apr-.10,1923. v 1,451,309

R. SLATER COVERING FOR RAILROAD TIES Filed May 5, 1922 7 W4 I A7 I a ea "X 4/ 4 I V KW JZafen Patented A r. 10,1923. A 1,451,3d9. i

entree mmearsar canine- Application filed May 5, 1922. Serial No. 558,805.-

To allwlzomitmrtg concern: holding the rail. 12 on the tie 6. If de- 45 Be it known that 1, ROBERT SLATER, a sired, the flange 11 ofthe rail 1.2 may be citizen of the United States, residing at engaged by. clips 10, bolts 14 passing Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State through the tie 6, the top plate 7 and the B of New Jersey, harve invented a new and clips 10, nuts 15 being threaded on the bolts useful Covering for Railroad Ties, of which 14, the nuts engaging the clips 10 and being 50 the following is a specification. held in place by cotter pins 16.

This invention aims to provide novel In i igure 4, parts hereinbefore described means for covering and protecting a rail have been designatedby numerals previously 10 road tie, adequate means being upplied for used, with the sufiix a In this form of holding the rail on the tie. the invention, spikes l7 engage the flange It is within theprovince of the disclosure 11 of the rail 12 and pass downwardly to improve generally and to enhance the through the openings 8? in the top plate 7. utility of devices of that type to which the into the tie 6, instead of the bolts 14 which 15 invention appertains. pass through the openings 3 in that form of With the above and other objects in view, the inx 'entionwhich is delineated in Figures 66 U which will appear as the description proland 3. ceeds, the invention resides in the combina- What is claimed is tion and arrangement of parts and in the dc- A device of the class described comprising tails of construction hereinafter described a. tie, a plate on the tie, a rail on the plate,

and claimed, it being understood that, Withand a securing deviceengaging the rail and 5 in the scope of what is claimed, changes in extended through the plate into the tie, the the precise embodiment of the invention plate being provided at its corners with recshown can be made without departing from tangular openings which form wings coverthe spirit of the invention. ing the sides and the ends ofthe tie, the-sen In the accompanying drawings curing device being spaced from all of the 70 Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device conwings whereby the wings may be bent downstructed in accordance with the invention, wardly and shaped to the tie after theplate parts being broken away; Figure 2 is a plan has been fastened to the tie by the securing ot the blank out of which the device is device, after the rail is in place, and after a formed; Figure 3 is a section on the line the securing device has been permanently 7 33 of Figure 1; Figure 4 is a longitudinal mounted and completely secured, the vertical section showing a modification. edges of the side wings and the vertical In carrying out the invention, there is proedges of the end Wings meeting. at the vervided a blank 1, made of metal, the blank tica-l corner edges of the .tie, thereby to precomprising a rectangular body 2 having vent the end, wings from overlapping the openings 3, the body having side wings 4 side wings.

and end wings The wings 4 and 5 are In testimony that I claim the foregoing bent downwardly, and, thus, there results as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signa- 4 a box-like covering, adapted to be placed ture in the presence of two witnesses.

about a tie 6, and including a top plate '2', ROBERT SLATER, [11. a] sides 8 and ends 9. The tie, thus, is ade- Witnesses: I quately covered and protected. CORNELIUS E. MEYER, [L. s]

Any suitable means may be provided for JOHN DE VoonL. [n s] 

